[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR67.20-5]



[Page 169-170]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 67_AIDS TO NAVIGATION ON ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS AND FIXED STRUCTURES

--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 67.20_Class ``A'' Requirements

 

Sec. 67.20-5  Obstruction lights.



    The obstruction lights shall be white lights as prescribed in 

Subpart 67.05 of this part. The lights shall be of sufficient 

candlepower as to be visible at a distance of at least five nautical 

miles 90 percent of the nights of the year. The lights shall be 

displayed not less than 20 feet above mean high water, but not at a 

height greater than that governed by the requirement in Sec. 67.05-



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1(f) that mariners be able to see at least one of the lights, regardless 

of the angle of approach, until within 50 feet of the structure, 

visibility permitting.



[CGFR 58-34, 23 FR 7701, Oct. 4, 1958, as amended by USCG-2001-10714, 69 

FR 24983, May 5, 2004]